Word Study · Strong's H6973 · Hebrew
קוּץ
quts
koots
Strong's 1890 spelling: qûwts
“to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious
Rendered in the KJV as
abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- וָאָקֻ֖ץ1
- וַיָּ֣קָץ1
- וַיָּ֙קָץ֙1
- וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ1
- וּנְקִיצֶ֔נָּה1
- קָ֔ץ1
- קָ֔צָה1
- קַ֣צְתִּי1
- תָּ֝קֹ֗ץ1
How it is rendered · 9
- [are] feeling dread1
- and he loathed1
- and I loathed1
- and it felt dread1
- and let us demolish it1
- and people felt dread1
- I loathe1
- it loathes1
- you loath1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- Hc/Vqw3ms2
- HC/Vhu1cp/Sp3fs1
- Hc/Vqw1cs1
- Hc/Vqw3mp1
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
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- Hc/Vqw3ms · 2
- HC/Vhu1cp/Sp3fs · 1
- Hc/Vqw1cs · 1
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 1
- HVqj2ms · 1
- HVqp1cs · 1
- HVqp3fs · 1
- HVqrmsa · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus1 occurrence
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 21:5קָ֔צָהkatzahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularand spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”here: it loathes
- Numbers 22:3וַיָּ֣קָץvaiyakotzHc/Vqw3msand Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.here: and it felt dread
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:6וּנְקִיצֶ֔נָּהunekitzenahHC/Vhu1cp/Sp3fs‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’here: and let us demolish it
- Isaiah 7:16קָ֔ץkatzverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.here: [are] feeling dread
Same headword in Strong's